How to Control a Conversation Without Saying Much at All

When one speaker is monopolizing a discussion, use a tactic called ‘cognitive incision’

Dave Schools
Forge
Published in
4 min readDec 3, 2019

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FFor half an hour, my friend and I sat there in the restaurant booth, waiting to talk. To be asked a question. To be acknowledged at all. But the person across from us, another buddy who we were sharing a meal with…

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Dave Schools
Forge
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#2/VP Growth at Hopin. Bylines in CNBC, BI, Inc., Trends, Axios. Founder of Entrepreneurship Handbook (230k followers). Cofounder of Party Qs app. Dad of 3.